Tim Winton Quotes Flashcards
Forest Winter
winter had closed in
Forest Winter fell
before everything fell apart
Forrest Winter misery
catatonic from misery
Forest Winter family
Young Man and his wife and child
Forrest Winter happy
how long had it been since they were happy?
Forest Winter panic
He felt panic
Forest Winter optomistic
he sharpened the teeth of the chainsaw and prepared to go out into the day
NMC sandunes
up-slough, down-trough, from shadow, to light
NMC 1. same
summers go by but the boy knows everything stays the same
NMC after divorce
the boy comes home to an empty house
NMC remembers
he remembers everything
NMC swears
he swears things are the same
NMC buildings
someone will stop it he knows they will
NMC fear of change
wakes up with a hard ball of panic in his stomach
NMC ghost
full of ghostly sensations like those he’d always associated with amputees
NMC heart
his heart contracted
NMC blood
blood
NMC role
Nilsam was a father. He was a husband. He was a son
NMC afraid
He was not afraid
WWDAWFD world
come out into the world again
WWDAWFD mother
was convinced… her mother was… stupid or sick
WWDAWFD land
all a person needs is a bit of land
WWDAWFD men
men hate us, they hate our bodies
WWDAWFD engine
be an engine
WWDAWFD watch
she’d left her watch on… it had stopped
WWDAWFD carcase
carcase of a small birf
WWDAWFD drowning
broken/ to stop her drowning me
WWDAWFD live
life. Survive they’re the same thing… no difference
MOT
Minimum before parole of two
MOT dead
dead tone/ghost/waiting to die
MOT Greta
Greta changed
MOT affection
affection for me seemed to dry up
MOT starving
starving to death
MOT kill
i decided to kill Fred Blakey
MOT men
We were men. I would have done the same
MOT nails
straight as nails in bed/ Greta was no longer strong
MOT security
flattened herself against me
MOT stain
The stain of his big white body on me
MOT final
I knew that i had lost my life. I was a dead man
Distant Lands alone
relieved when her parents… left the shop to her
Distant Lands man
Nescafe hands/ they understood one another
Distant lands panic
Lunch without a visit… sent a gallop of panic
Distant lands greyhound
the greyhound was pulling away empty
Distant Lands $50
the fifty dollar note was starchy new
Laps growing
They’ve been growing and i’ve gone to fat
Laps weight
There’s a weight to lose
Laps screw
a place can’t screw you forever
Laps seven years
Seven years had healed them in a way they had not expected
Laps queenie afraid
queenie laughted and was afraid/ Nothing’s changed we have
Strong one survived
Survived something to become Rachel
Strong one nilsams
She’d come to love the Nilsams
Strong one followed
i reckon its time you followed me for a while
Strong one Jerra
Jerra was stiff and hard with surviving
More heart
his heart wont ease up/ everything is not alright
More misery
your misery is contagious
More response to affair
it happens Jerra
More strong
she seemed to have grown stronger
More protect
Desire to serve, to protect, to be loyal until death
More old
I just want to get older/ Jerra took the lead
More better
Be better not bitter
More living
I’m not dying i’m living
